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The group behind the effort to unionize Northwestern athletes isn’t interested in advocating for salaries for them. In a forum at the Aspen Institute in Washington on Thursday, College Athletes Players Assn. President Ramogi Huma refuted the notion that the group wants pay for play. “And that’s not part of our agenda,” Huma said, according to the event’s transcript. “That’s one reason why we’re here in Washington, D.C. This is not about salary.” Last month, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Northwestern athletes are university employees and have the right to form a union. The salary question...

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The group behind the effort to unionize Northwestern athletes isn’t interested in advocating for salaries for them.In a forum at the Aspen Institute in Washington on Thursday, College Athletes Players Assn. President Ramogi Huma refuted the notion that...

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